From: jordi AT phyast DOT pitt DOT edu (Jordi Ignes)
Subject: Re: GDB under DPMI?
To: itz AT crl DOT com (Ian T. Zimmerman)
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 09:45:27 -0500 (EST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> 
> So, what is it about running gdb in DPMI mode ? I checked the 
> archive and it seems it should be supported with 1.12. But when I do
> 
> go32 -d gdb-dpmi <coff> 
> 
> in a Windoze session, it crashes immediately with a register dump. (very 
> helpful :-))
> 
> Is gdb-dpmi there only for decorative purposes? Does it really work for 
> anyone?
> 
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I haven't tried to play inside the debugger, but it starts fine in my case.
Maybe your <coff> wasn't compiled with the -g flag...
Jordi Ignes